baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2561714-A (GB)
Title: Extractor
Inventor: MARTIN GIBBONS
IPC: F24F13/24
Filed: 2018-03-19
Abstract: An apparatus 100 for extracting air from a room comprises an extractor (fan) 10, an extraction channel 20 extending through an enclosing surface 23 of the room, and a housing 30 to disguise the extraction channel. The extractor may be controlled by a humidity sensor. The apparatus may include a secondary device 40 such as a light, a smoke detector or a carbon-monoxide, moisture or infra-red sensor. The fan may be powered independently of the secondary device. The housing may comprise at least one pathway A, B for air to enter the extraction channel, the pathway(s) being arranged to disguise the extraction channel. The housing may comprise a mounting portion (30a, Fig.2) for fixing to the enclosing surface and a removable portion for fixing to the mounting portion. The removable portion may comprise the detachable secondary device. The apparatus may be installed in a ceiling (122, Fig.10) of the room. The extraction channel may comprise a closure for closing the extraction channel and a gap between the extraction channel and the enclosing surface of the room space in the event of a fire. The closure may comprise an intumescent material (M). Sound insulation (SI) may line the extraction channel.
Patent GB-2573306-A (GB)
Title: Former element
Inventor: ALISTAIR NIGEL THOMPSON
IPC: E02D29/12
Filed: 2018-05-01
Abstract: The former 100 comprises a body portion 102 having an inner surface for releasable attachment to a manhole shuttering element and an outer surface 104 provided with a protrusion 106 for defining a concrete aperture when wet concrete is cast around the outer surface of the former. The former may be elongate and have a box section. The protrusion may be cylindrical. The inner surface may comprise at least one aperture for receiving a projection of a clamp mechanism which is clampable to the manhole shuttering. The former may be metal, plastic, glass fibre, or wood. Also claimed is a method for producing a lateral pipe connection comprising a concrete aperture, the method comprising clamping a clamp mechanism over a manhole shuttering, attaching the former to the clamp mechanism, and casting wet concrete around the outer surface of the former and manhole shuttering. The height of the former with respect to the manhole shuttering may be adjustable by engaging a projection of the clamp mechanism with one of a plurality of apertures spaced along the inner surface of the former.
Patent GB-2558844-A (GB)
Title: Smartwatch device and method
Inventor: RAYMOND A BERARDINELLI
IPC: H04W4/029
Filed: 2016-10-06
Abstract: A smart-watch tracking system includes a smart-watch and a mobile phone which provide sensor data, such as motion data, to a server that analyzes and stores the detected sensor information, and provides an associated user interface to the smart-watch and/or mobile phone.
Patent GB-2578322-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for smart home control
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER JOHN WRIGHT
IPC: G05B15/02
Filed: 2018-10-23
Abstract: Controlling one or more appliances in a user environment, the one or more appliances in operation capable of causing environmental stimuli disruptive to a user's sleep, comprising receiving from one or more sensors data indicative of a sleep state of the user 101; analysing the received data to determine one or more control actions for controlling the one or more appliances to reduce sleep disruption due to the environmental stimuli caused by the appliances; and controlling the one or more appliances in dependence on the determined control actions. Environmental information 102 may be correlated with appliance information to identify potentially sleep-disruptive stimuli 103. The control actions may be dependent on energy costs or time-variable energy costs.
Patent GB-2578735-A (GB)
Title: Camera system
Inventor: ROBERT BOOKER
IPC: G01C11/02
Filed: 2018-11-05
Abstract: A camera system comprises a camera 101 centred on an optical axis 103, and an element 107 having a reflective face for reflecting light towards the camera 101, the element 107 being arranged such that a point 109 on the reflective face lies on the optical axis 103, forming an angle between the optical axis 103 and a normal 111 to the reflective face. The element 107 rotates about the optical axis 103, and the camera 101 captures successive image frames as the element 107 rotates. The element 107 may rotate through an angle φ, wherein the rate of change of φ is non-linear. The element 107 may rotate 360 degrees about the optical axis 103, and/or may rotate alternatively clockwise and anti-clockwise. The camera 101 may comprise an athermalised lens, and/or an element to control infrared radiation reaching the element 107 when the element 107 is in a particular rotational orientation, i.e. a dark plate to calibrate the camera 101. The camera system may be mounted on the underside of an aircraft to scan its field of view along a line that is substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel of the aircraft, as the element 107 rotates.
Patent GB-2572483-A (GB)
Title: Automated massage apparatus
Inventor: NICHOLAS GERALD GREY
IPC: A61H15/00
Filed: 2019-02-28
Abstract: A massage apparatus where massage element or roller 14 can move relative to a massage surface [12, figure 1] to provide an automated massage to the whole or selected parts of the body of a user lying upon a bed. The bed can be collapsible or foldable and include a frame 22 and legs 24. The massage surface may be non-uniform and may be fabric held tightly by the fame. The massage element may be located below the massage surface and may be mounted to a motor housing. The motor housing may have wheels 42 and may be mounted with a rack 34 and pinion mechanism to a guiderail 32. The pressure exerted by the massage element may be adjustable.
Patent GB-2568840-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable positioning arms for transmission jack saddle
Inventor: ROBERT FOX
IPC: B66F13/00
Filed: 2017-09-15
Abstract: A positioning apparatus for a transmission jack saddle is provided in which a first arm has a pivot joint that allows an angle between a first arm and a second arm to be adjusted and each arm further defining an edge wall having ratchet teeth that allows movement and securement using a locking pawl mechanism.
Patent GB-2584855-A (GB)
Title: Subsea foundations
Inventor: CHRISTIAN LINDE OLSEN
IPC: F16L1/20
Filed: 2019-06-17
Abstract: A sliding foundation comprising a mudmat 30 positioned over a mass of rocks 24 on the seabed 10. Construction comprises embedding at least one mass of rocks in seabed soil and placing a sliding mudmat over the or each mass of rocks. The rocks may be lowered or dumped into a cavity (14, fig. 1b) in the seabed. Alternatively, a gabion (34, fig. 4) can penetrate the seabed soil, driven by self-weight or additionally by a deadweight (38, fig. 5a) bearing on the gabion. The gabion is lowered toward the seabed suspended from the deadweight, with the deadweight being removed and recovered after the gabion has been embedded. Two discrete columns of rocks can be embedded in the seabed at mutually spaced locations with the mud mad placed to span the columns. The mudmat has an excursion zone (32, fig. 2) and rocks are embedded such that the mudmat will lie directly above at least part of a rock mass.
Patent GB-2578835-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle imaging station
Inventor: DANIEL GEORGE GOULD
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2019-10-28
Abstract: A vehicle imaging station 10 for capturing images of scratches on a vehicle 12, the vehicle imaging station 10 comprising a tunnel having an entrance 18 and an exit 20, with one or more walls 16 defining an enclosure between the entrance and exit to define a tunnel volume 14 containing a vehicle pathway having a central axis CA, a reflection source surface 34, a camera 30 arranged with a field of view 30a comprising an imaging volume 38 of the tunnel volume 14 in which an image defined by the reflection source surface 34 will be reflected to be visible to the camera 30 as a reflected image by a vehicle 12 moving along the vehicle pathway, and a colour modifier CM arranged to cause the reflection source surface 34 to adopt a first colour of a plurality of possible colours in response to an colour control signal such that the reflected image has the first colour.
Patent GB-2589864-A (GB)
Title: Delivering media content
Inventor: ELIZABETH STONE
IPC: H04N21/258
Filed: 2019-12-09
Abstract: An approach to delivering media content to a client computing device of a recipient is described. A server system is arranged to receive a request (or plural requests) identifying a media content segment - of a media content item comprising a plurality of identifiable media content segments (portions) - and a recipient. In response to the request, the server system uses recipient identification (ID) information to generate a modified version of the media content segment that is attributable to the recipient, then delivers (e.g. via adaptive bitrate streaming) the modified version of the media content segment to the client device. The modified media content portion may be generated by watermarking, encryption, formatting, fingerprinting and/or encoding. Recipient identification (ID) information may comprise: a computer device identifier, domain containing the computing device, device geolocation, IP address, user identifier (ID) and/or organisation to which the user is affiliated. The server may, upon request, provide a master file to the client computing device, the master file comprising identifiers of plurality of identifiable media content segments that can be requested.
Patent GB-2594459-A (GB)
Title: A method, apparatus and computer program for generating and displaying a heatmap based on video surveillance data
Inventor: JIMMI BENDTSON
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2020-04-27
Abstract: A computer implemented method for displaying data in the form of a heatmap including generating and displaying a heatmap based on video surveillance data. Receiving a user selection of a search area on the heatmap and generating a search query for extracting image data from the video surveillance data corresponding to objects or activity represented by the heatmap within that search area. Then displaying the extracted image data. The user may additionally narrow down the dataset by selecting parameters that correspond to metadata associated with the video data. A second dataset for a second heatmap may be selected by only including data from the fist dataset from the selected area of interest, the second dataset being a subset of the first dataset which is limited based on the area selected by the user.
Patent GB-2581898-A (GB)
Title: Multi-function writing instrument comprising a leadholder system
Inventor: ARNAUD BEZ
IPC: B43K27/02
Filed: 2018-12-14
Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-function writing instrument (10) comprising a body (12) extending in an axial direction (A) and a radial direction (R), and having at least two writing elements arranged inside the body (12), each writing element comprising a writing head and a button (28), at least one button (28) extending in the radial direction (R) through a window (26) and allowing the writing element to be moved between a retracted position in which the writing head is retracted into the body (12) and a writing position in which the writing head projects from the body (12), and one of the writing elements being a leadholder system comprising a leadholder mechanism and a lead container, the button (28) of the leadholder system comprising a lead-insertion channel extending in the axial direction (A).
Patent GB-2581738-A (GB)
Title: Database sharding
Inventor: Claude Nelson Warren Jr
IPC: G06F16/30
Filed: 2018-10-18
Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, computer program products and systems are provided for storing records in and retrieving records from a sharded table of a sharded database. The sharded database comprises a plurality of database shards. The database shards are each configured to store a subset of records of the sharded table. The database shards are also each associated with a respective Bloom filter. Records are inserted into the sharded table by generating a respective representation of the sharding key of the record to be stored for use with each of a plurality of the respective Bloom filters. Hamming distances between current values of each of the plurality of Bloom filters and the respective representation of the sharding key for use with that Bloom filter are then calculated and a database shard for storing the record is selected from amongst those database shards based on the calculated Hamming distances.
Patent GB-2593807-A (GB)
Title: Chromatographic method for separating transition metals
Inventor: RICHARD ALASDAIR GRANT
IPC: B01D15/16
Filed: 2021-02-11
Abstract: A method for separating of at least two transition metals from each other, the method steps include injecting a feed solution comprising at least two transition metals into a chromatography column including a chromatographic support media, eluting the feed from the column in an elution cycle by flowing an eluent through the column, and wherein a concentration of the eluent is reduced during the elution cycle prior to elution of at least one of the transition metals. Also disclosed is a method of preparing a chromatography column for use in the method for separating of at least two transition metals from each other, the method steps include: i) suspending a polymeric chromatography support media in a solution in which the polymeric chromatographic support media is in a contracted state; ii) packing the polymeric chromatography support media into a column while the polymeric chromatographic support media is in its contracted state; iii) adjusting the column while the polymeric chromatographic support media is in its contracted state to restrict the polymeric chromatography support media from moving along the column; and iv) flowing a solution in which the polymeric chromatographic support media expands,through the polymeric chromatography support media in the column, whereby the polymeric chromatographic support media is subjected to compression within the column as it expands and is restricted from moving along the column. An improved chromatographic method for the separation of transition metals contained in feed solutions, e.g. platinum group metals from each other and from associated base metal and/or amphoteric elements and/or Au contained in PGM feed solutions is provided.
Patent GB-2604098-A (GB)
Title: Polymerisation
Inventor: MARTIN ATKINS
IPC: C08J11/24
Filed: 2021-02-12
Abstract: A method for preparing a polymer comprising constitutional units derived from bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET). The BHET used in the method is a high quality recycled BHET product, which allows plastic preparation methods in which the BHET is used to be simplified. The BHET has an isophthalic acid content of up to 0.5% by weight and is preferably obtained by recycling polyethyleneterephthalate (PET), preferably a PET homopolymer which preferably comprises constitutional units derived from IPA. The PET maybe depolymerised in the presence of polyethylene glycol and then crystallised and purified. The recycled BHET may be combined with a second BHET product. The BHET product, preferably in the form of a slurry or melt, is then polymerised at 200-350°C, preferably in the presence of a basic catalyst, most preferably antimony trioxide or antimony triacetate. Residual polyethylene glycol may be removed by distillation. The polymer is preferably used to manufacture bottles.
Patent GB-2608139-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for preparing a liquid preparation
Inventor: JEREMY TURNER
IPC: A61L2/26
Filed: 2021-06-23
Abstract: Apparatus 100 for preparing a liquid preparation using a two-part system comprising a first part including a first reagent and a second part including a second reagent, wherein the first reagent and the second reagent react when mixed to form an active ingredient of the liquid preparation, and wherein the liquid preparation comprises a diluent. The apparatus 100 comprises a primary chamber 104 for receiving a quantity of the first part, a quantity of the second part and a quantity of the diluent. The apparatus 100 further comprises a reagent inlet for admitting the first part and the second part to the primary chamber 104, a diluent inlet connectable to a diluent supply 110 for admitting the diluent to the primary chamber 104, an outlet 118 for releasing the liquid preparation from the primary chamber 104, and a flow controller 112 configured to admit a pre-determined volume of diluent to the primary chamber 104 in a pre-determined time period when the diluent inlet is connected to a diluent supply 110. The reagents, when mixed, may produce a disinfection composition, for example chlorine dioxide or peracetic acid.
Patent GB-2609454-A (GB)
Title: Air purifier
Inventor: ANDREW CHARLES PAUL CARNEGIE
IPC: F24F13/26
Filed: 2021-07-30
Abstract: An air purification device / building management system integrating more than one air purification device 1, the device comprising drawing in air (dirty air) from a room or building in which the device is located through inlet apertures 15 in a lower part 10 of the device, passing the air through a particulate filter, and then discharging the filtered air (clean air) out of a plurality of vents 25 in an upper part 20 of the device, and wherein the upper part of the device has a curved top 30 (aerofoil surface). The filter may be a HEPA or ULPA filter. The vents may be arranged in aligned columns to create an air multiplier effect as the filtered air rises from the device. Airflow (34, fig 3) from sides of the device is pulled over the curved top and acts as an aerofoil to encourage an upward and rotational column of filtered air (36) (Venturi effect) to create a greater flow of the filtered air to all areas of the room. The device may be mounted on wheels to be mobile or mounted on a wall 30cm below the ceiling
Patent GB-2599214-A (GB)
Title: Ion identification using ion mobility spectrometry
Inventor: MARTIN RAYMOND GREEN
IPC: H01J49/00
Filed: 2021-08-04
Abstract: Ions of an analyte molecule are subjected to different activation levels to cause the ions to have different mobilities at different times. The activation level is varied between different levels during each of a plurality of cycles. The ion mobilities determined using an ion mobility separator or scanned ion mobility filter are correlated with their respective activation levels to obtain a fingerprint for the analyte molecule, which may be compared and matched to determine if an analyte or conformer of interest is present. Alternatively, instead of activating the ions, the analyte may be subject to activation (e.g. in the liquid phase) prior to ionisation. Also disclosed is a method comprising providing ions of an analyte molecule with an intensity that varies with time as a peak and varying an operational parameter of a mass or ion mobility spectrometer between different values during each of a plurality of cycles. The mass or mobility spectral data obtained for the same value of the operating parameter is summed, so that the statistical precision for each of the different operational parameter values may be the same.
Patent GB-2609650-A (GB)
Title: Integrated circuit device, system and method
Inventor: JAMES EDWARD MYERS
IPC: G11C29/12
Filed: 2021-08-12
Abstract: An integrated circuit IC device has communications circuitry to provide a communication link with an external apparatus. Processing circuitry has write access to memory for writing information indicative of a use condition of the integrated circuit device, such as time of powered operation, count of voltage over threshold, time of target power over threshold, environmental conditions during powered operation such as temperature, humidity, vibration, acceleration, mechanical shock. The communications circuitry has read access to the memory to provide the information to the external apparatus via the communication link. The information may be encrypted, authorised and the communication link may be secure. The communications circuitry may have coils which also forms part of energy harvesting circuitry for power. The device may facilitate wireless test surveys of end of life PCBs by determining the IC condition for resale, reuse, recycling, reducing electronic waste, e-waste. Three-dimensional integrated circuit technology 3DIC may be used.
Patent GB-2612013-A (GB)
Title: A control system
Inventor: George Wetz
IPC: G06Q30/0282
Filed: 2021-08-27
Abstract: Disclosed is a computer implemented method 100 for controlling instances of a process, particular the production of food over a set of locations, such as a chain of restaurants. The method starts by receiving feedback data on instances of the process 110, the feedback data includes response values relating to aspects of each process. Then standard response values for the processes are calculated 130, based on the feedback data and outliers in the response values for the process in the feedback data from the calculated standard response values are identified 150. Finally, workflow details to control and regulate the process based on the identified outliers are generated 170. The outliers may be identified by determining a deviation from the standard response values for each response value.
Patent GB-2601904-A (GB)
Title: Multi-device connection management
Inventor: SU LIU
IPC: H04L67/54
Filed: 2021-11-09
Abstract: A method 1200 of managing connection requests for an account associated with a set of devices. Upon receiving a connection request to establish communication between a sending device and a device associated with the account 1206, device usage data (e.g. time since last used, average usage time, etc) for a first device in the set of devices is analysed to determine an availability score for the device 1208. The first device is presented for connection based on its availability score 1212 and the sending device and the first device are connected in response to this presentation 1214. The method may further include associating the set of devices with the account 1202 and configuring a rule set used to determine the availability score 1204. The availability score may be adjusted based on a sensed location of a user. Also disclosed is a method wherein upon receiving a connection request from a sending device the availability scores of multiple devices are determined and if the scores are within a threshold difference of one another 1210 then they are each presented to the user for selection 1260. The selected device is then connected with the sending device 1220.
Patent GB-2616257-A (GB)
Title: A temperature management system
Inventor: EDWIN CARTER
IPC: G05D23/00
Filed: 2022-02-25
Abstract: Temperature management system 10, for controlling a temperature at a property, comprises first heating system 12 (e.g., a gas, oil, or LPG boiler), second heating system 14 (e.g., a heat pump), the heating systems providing different heating mechanisms, and controller 16 for controlling the heating systems. The controller may determine a control strategy to control the heating systems over a control period where the determination is based on minimising a function of a tolerance parameter associated with a divergence from a temperature target and a penalty parameter associated with the amount of fuel or energy used by each heating system. The controller may determine a control schedule to control the heating systems over future portions of the control period.